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TO LL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

Be it known that I,WILLIAM.STINE, of Elmore, in the county of Ottawa, andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tinmans Forming-Machine; and 4I do hereby declare that the following is a full,rclear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a tinmans forming-machine.

Figure 2, a top view.

Figure 3, a cross-section in the line :e :1.1, ig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indcatecorresponding parts.

' This invention relates to an improvement in a tinman's forming-machine, and consists in a gauge attached thereto for Haring cylinders or tubes at one end, as hereinafter described.

The machine vis constructed in the ordinary manner, with two rollers, A Af, geared together, and operated by 'a crank and one-frictionroller, Af. The machine as thus usually constructed to form cylinders and tubes by tinners, produces only straight work, or true straight-sided cylinders, and for the purpose of making cylinders with Haring edges, which for many purposes is necessary, I attach a gauge, q, to the machine, which is secured with a sct-screw, to allow of changes in the size and shape of the gauge. This gauge has an inclined or taper side, extending to the two rollers A A1, where they come in contact, and as the cylinder is formed on the lrollers in the usual way, one end of thc material is pressed-against the gaugewhich'ilares it outwardly, as represented in the drawing.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The Haring gauge a, in comhinationwith the rollers of a tinmans forming-machine, arranged and. operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

WILLIAM STINE.

Witnesses:

P. K. KEATZER, N. C. LELAND, 

